An Okaloosa County Civil Court judge on Tuesday ordered that Navarre attorney Ken Fountain remain as the sole managing member of the group that operates the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier for Santa Rosa County.

Judge John T. Brown's consent order settles an internal dispute among the members of Growing Santa Rosa Enterprises LLC and re-establishes Fountain's control of the business that he's operated at the pier since late 2017 with partners Jerry Rolison, Larry Rolison, Jonathan Cole and Jessika Schelfhout.

"It's good," said Fountain's attorney, A. Benjamin Gordon, Tuesday afternoon. "It's good for everybody and we're looking forward to working this out especially for the county."

Growing Santa Rosa Enterprises has a contract with Santa Rosa County that requires it to pay the county all of the money, plus 1 percent, from gate admissions at the pier, and 5 percent of the revenue from the restaurant, Windjammers on the Pier, and gift shop.

Fountain filed a lawsuit Oct. 5 for damages against the other four partners in Okaloosa County, saying they removed Fountain from the managing role with GRSE in violation of its operating agreement.

Gordon said all parties agreed to the consent order that Fountain is in charge, and attorneys will now work on outlining an agreement to allow GRSE to move forward. The decision cancelled a scheduled hearing on Tuesday afternoon to consider the matter.

The order stated the Rolisons, Cole and Schelfhout "shall immediately restore access and control to all of GRSE's books, records, bank accounts, vendor accounts, and any other GRSE-related accounts whatsoever to Kenneth Fountain."

Cole, speaking for the other four partners, said they had no comment Tuesday afternoon on the consent order.